THE SILVA LINING

WITH her quirky illustrative style, Brazilian designer Vanessa da Silva has given the iconic Pepsi logo a makeover. Reinventing the brand's signature red and blue pantones as luscious lips on a limited edition T-shirt, which will launch exclusively on ASOS.COM at the beginning of July, she is one of a small collective of emerging artists and designers - including visual performance artist VJ Movement and UK beat box champion Faith SFX - who have lent their creative talent to Pepsi as part of its upcoming Taste campaign. "It was very different for me to work with such a famous and instantly recognisable brand logo," says Silva, whose own style is highly graphic and vibrant with a handcrafted feel. "I've seen other designers and fashion houses using the logo unofficially before so it was great to be given an official carte blanche. I'm looking forward to seeing people's reactions to it," she says of the vivid necklace design which features Eighties toys, classic skate footwear and a tiny guitar as trinkets. Having originally studied product design, Silva did a stint at Central Saint Martins before turning her hand to fashion and has since been commissioned to design prints for design duo Basso & Brooke and Michiko Koshino. She has also designed four of her own collections as well as two musically-themed diffusion lines. But you better be quick if you want to get your hands on one of these Ts as there will only be 200 available to buy - or make sure you check out this week's VOGUE.COM competition where we have 15 to give away. The T-shirts cost £45 and will be available from www.asos.com. (June 25 2007, AM)Jessica Bumpus CLICK HERE TO WIN A LIMITED EDITION T-SHIRT